14 Apr '15 09:51>
The Anti-Social Chess Player is the one to watch if you
suspect skull doggery and a computer being used in a game.
Note it starts off with..."A Russian grandmaster friend of mine..."
I want a name or is this Russian Grandmaster friend of his anti-social.
From Stephen Moss in The Guardian on the Gaioz Nigalidze, affair.
"A Russian grandmaster friend of mine is convinced that cheating in top-level
open tournaments (as opposed to elite events with small invited fields) is rife.
The temptation is enormous because the only people who make serious
money from playing are the top 20 or so GMs in the world, who get invites
to all the most prestigious tournaments.
That leaves a host of impoverished GMs fighting for scraps, unless they are
willing to subject themselves to the grind of teaching chess to amateurs.
The more antisocial types – not uncommon in chess – dislike teaching,
and try to eke out a living from playing.
That’s where the temptation to cheat comes in: if you don’t win a prize,
you might not eat that week, let alone pay the rent."
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/apr/13/chess-toilet-scandal-cheating-gaioz-nigalidze
suspect skull doggery and a computer being used in a game.
Note it starts off with..."A Russian grandmaster friend of mine..."
I want a name or is this Russian Grandmaster friend of his anti-social.
From Stephen Moss in The Guardian on the Gaioz Nigalidze, affair.
"A Russian grandmaster friend of mine is convinced that cheating in top-level
open tournaments (as opposed to elite events with small invited fields) is rife.
The temptation is enormous because the only people who make serious
money from playing are the top 20 or so GMs in the world, who get invites
to all the most prestigious tournaments.
That leaves a host of impoverished GMs fighting for scraps, unless they are
willing to subject themselves to the grind of teaching chess to amateurs.
The more antisocial types – not uncommon in chess – dislike teaching,
and try to eke out a living from playing.
That’s where the temptation to cheat comes in: if you don’t win a prize,
you might not eat that week, let alone pay the rent."
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/apr/13/chess-toilet-scandal-cheating-gaioz-nigalidze